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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota HB 1339 Proposes Exemptions for Certain Licensed Ambulance Services from Rural Ambulance District Formation Requirements
Last action · February 20, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 35 nays 52Sponsors: Gretchen Dobervich and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1339 outlines specific categories of licensed ambulance services that are exempt from forming or participating in s under North Dakota law. The bill lists exemptions for county-owned, city-owned, joint powers, tribal, federal, and hospital-owned services, as well as existing districts organized under chapter 11-28.3.
Changes which ambulance providers must comply with rural ambulance district formation mandates, potentially altering administrative requirements for local emergency medical services across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Licensed ambulance services
Providers meeting specific ownership or operational criteria are exempted from forming rural ambulance service districts.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 20, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 35 nays 52
- Feb 19, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 5 1
- Jan 20, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:40
- Jan 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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